Chapter 35: Chapter 19.1

“Perhaps, something is wrong with you. That’s why you’re engaged to him.”

“Yes. I have no choice but to do it.” Yernia replied, sighing.

Yernia had given up trying to explain herself.

Her family had already prepared for their wedding in secret, and rumors had spread far and wide.

She didn’t care about the rumors since all of that would die down and vanish.

Yernia’s biggest problem was Cassian’s fate since the man would die if she tried to erase it.

Cassian would also die if she ran away and left him behind.

She was sure that Herena would show up sooner or later.

But before that, Yernia had to guide Cassian because nobody could do it except her.

An Esper without a guide was considered feral, and they will have to be put down.

“Is it that big of a deal to marry a childhood friend? Whatever. I guess I will have to live with it now.” Yernia said coldly as she glanced at the indifferent old man she had spoken to. “You don’t have any girl friends, do you?”

“Well…”

“That’s what I said. If my situation was easy, would I even be here? If you had a friend who had the same gender as you, would you kiss that person?”

If Yernia married Cassian, she had to kiss him and maybe do more.

He shook his head and scrunched his face in disgust.

Perhaps, the old man had finally understood her point.

“I’d rather die than do that.”

“I feel the same way, Mister.”

He didn’t expect to hear such depressing concerns from a beautiful young madame.

“It must suck to be you right now.”

“Thank you for your understanding.”

As Yernia drank her alcohol, the old man sitting across from her moved toward Yernia’s side.

“Do you want me to comfort you, my Lady?”

The old man tried to grab Yernia by the shoulder.

“I can’t believe that my fiance is cheating on me.”

Someone broke the old man’s wrist and sent him screaming as he fell on the table.

***

Two hours before, he witnessed Yernia in trouble.

“Well, how about this ring, Marquis?”

Cassian scowled at the stiff jeweler who showed him their shop’s best ring.

“Are you telling me that this is the best one?”

“Marquis. This is the trendiest design in our shop.” Sweat trickled down the jeweler’s forehead as he continued, “This ring is extremely rare, and I only sell it to a few special customers—”

Cassian waved his hand in dismissal and cut him off, “A jewelry is only rare if it’s the only one.”

“…….”

“Aren’t you ashamed to declare that everything you have is rare?”

Picking up the ring in front of him, Cassian examined it as a jeweler himself.

But so far, he does not like what he saw.

“I can’t put this on Yernia’s ring finger.”

Cassian pushed the ring with his fingertip, and the jeweler screamed, holding out his hands when it fell.

Fortunately, the jeweler caught it before it dropped to the floor.

“How much is this?”

A few days ago, the Marquis had asked the jeweler to make the most luxurious and unique ring, so he created the trendiest design from his jewelry shop.

His client, the future Duke of Lecardo, seemed to hate it.

“Do you have any designs you prefer, milord? If you give me specific details about this special ring, I’ll make it as soon as possible.”

Of course, the Marquis had the right to be angry since the jeweler had already received twice the ring’s price from him.

If a rumor had spread that he couldn’t make the ring the Marquis liked, it would be bad for his jewelry business.

“I told you to do it on your own, didn’t I?”

“…….”

“If I were to tell you what I liked in specifics, would I have splashed my money here and there?”

It was true.

This was the fourth jeweler Cassian had approached, and his disappointment was immeasurable.

He thought the design would be different from the others, but his expectation was the opposite.

“I’ll do it again and put my heart on the line, My Lord.” The jeweler said nervously.

“Never mind, just return the extra money you have received.”

“Yes?”

“I’m not giving you any chances. I’ll take that ring as a gift.”

It wasn’t that much of a waste.

Cassian might have a lot of money in his pockets, but he couldn’t leave them in this shop even if he were spending here and there.

He didn’t give money to those who hadn’t reached his expectations.

“Bring me another jeweler. No, I’ll go.”

“…….”

Cassian was bored.

He didn’t mean to ask for a unique design.

He just wanted something that would look good on Yernia’s hand, but no ring had caught his eye so far.

He sought these jewelers himself and visited three shops before the last one.

However, all the rings failed to express him.

Cassian’s face crumpled as he left the jeweler and searched for a new one.

“I must shut down all these jewelry shops. I can’t believe they’re selling such a thing.”

Cassian’s assistant wanted to tell the Marquis honestly that he was being picky, but the words got caught in his throat.